Shipovnik-Aero

A Russian mobile counter-UAS electronic-warfare complex designed to detect, jam, spoof and reportedly hijack small drones while also suppressing local communications networks.

Overview

Shipovnik-Aero is a Russian ground-based electronic-warfare complex associated with tactical counter-UAS operations. Public descriptions identify its core mission as detecting small UAV control links, suppressing or deceiving them, and in some cases redirecting the drone by manipulating its navigation or control environment. InformNapalm described the system in 2016 as able to interfere with UAV control and navigation, while a Russian industry announcement claimed it could identify hostile drone signals within roughly 10 km and select jamming or substitution techniques against them via Promvest.info.

The system sits in Russia's broader ground EW inventory alongside heavier communications and radar-jamming systems, but its distinct role is closer to tactical drone denial and drone capture. It is generally described as truck-mounted, with a high-mobility KamAZ chassis cited by Russian industry sources and a KAMAZ-4350 caption appearing in later Ukraine-war reporting by the Kyiv Independent. No export operator, public unit cost, production total or confirmed delivery count is documented in the reviewed sources.

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